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Familiar Misquotes Series I
Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately.
Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right.
Try to complete each proverbial cliche:
1.) "_____ is the root of all evil." - I. Timothy
2.) "A penny for your _____ ." - John Heywood
3.) "Till death _____ part." - wedding vow
Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right.
Try to complete each proverbial cliche:
1.) "_____ is the root of all evil." - I. Timothy
2.) "A penny for your _____ ." - John Heywood
3.) "Till death _____ part." - wedding vow
Answer
1.) The love of money2.) thought (singular)
3.) us do
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These have always been part of my older family...lol Between my parents and myself, we tend to tease each other with the proper way to say each quote.! And, you are correct about leaving off a plural or swapping the words to modern day tongue. And I am just shaking my head in belief, back and forth. Awesome teaser! BTW.
This is a VERY creative teaser! This reminds us how easily something can be changed without it ever being noticed! Good job! This was really good!
I thought it was creatived as well. Good Job! Hope to see more
Thank you all for the nice response.
I knew the first one, thought I knew the second one, and had no clue about the third. I really like these teasers
Very interesting...
sorry, but this one was very boring.
Hi, I am Ikram from Pakistan.
I liked it much. Such mistakes are really common without ever knowing us. Thanks.
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I liked it much. Such mistakes are really common without ever knowing us. Thanks.
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Good teaser.
It is easy to mis-quote as I dropped the "For love of" and only had "Money is the root of all evil"
It is easy to mis-quote as I dropped the "For love of" and only had "Money is the root of all evil"
I liked this one, although I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get any of it exactly right. At least it's good trivia.
it was pretty easy but i liked it
nice one
GOOD ONE ARESIL,
IT MAKES SENSE ...I THOUGHT IT WAS "MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL...".BUT ITS "THE LOVE OF MONEY."... KINDA INFERRING EVIL CAN COME FROM GREED....NOT FROM THE MONEY ITSELF...
TKS,
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE........
IT MAKES SENSE ...I THOUGHT IT WAS "MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL...".BUT ITS "THE LOVE OF MONEY."... KINDA INFERRING EVIL CAN COME FROM GREED....NOT FROM THE MONEY ITSELF...
TKS,
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE........
Ares - your teaser is teaser of the day! Yay! I'm happy for you - and this is a very good one too!
For some reason I knew all of these quotes correctly. I was aware especially that the first one was almost always misquoted. This is really good information for everyone. And happy 4th of July to everyone.
I only got the 3rd one.
I learned something though.
Happy Fourth of July from Canada!
We celebrated Canada Day "last"
weekend.
Have a Fun Celebration !!
I learned something though.
Happy Fourth of July from Canada!
We celebrated Canada Day "last"
weekend.
Have a Fun Celebration !!
Loved these, got 1 & 3 correct but stumbled on 2 LOL
Happy 4th July to all of our next door nieghbours in the U.S!!
Have a great day
Happy 4th July to all of our next door nieghbours in the U.S!!
Have a great day
Thanks! You answered my question.
"If time is money, and money is the root of all evil, then is time evil?"
"If time is money, and money is the root of all evil, then is time evil?"
boring next
Knew the Bible. Me thoughts the thought one was fun.
Guessed on marrige one - been there.
Guessed on marrige one - been there.
these were really not so far off-I thought they would be like ridiculously silly. Do you know any others that are way out in left field? Those'd be fun.
I thought I knew those. Oh well.
You either know them correctly, or like most of us, you know the corrupted version, Good one..now I'll say these right, thanks!
I got them right for a change. That one was a good one.
Monday~
Monday~
The Bible quotes jealousy as the root of all evil,in addition to what is quoted in the teaser.
That was really interesting. I didn't kow the wedding one, or any of them for that matter! Very informative.
Thanks to the submitter for the teaser
And I thought it was lovely to get holiday greetings from our neighbors to the north. I hope EVERYONE had a safe 4th!
And I thought it was lovely to get holiday greetings from our neighbors to the north. I hope EVERYONE had a safe 4th!
...what?
Nice teaser, interesting and fun.
Just thought I'd add that the quote from Timothy should be
"For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil". The King James Version of the Bible does omit 'all kinds of', however, this is a poor translation of this verse that has been corrected in subsequent versions.
Just thought I'd add that the quote from Timothy should be
"For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil". The King James Version of the Bible does omit 'all kinds of', however, this is a poor translation of this verse that has been corrected in subsequent versions.
The teaser of the day on July 4th! Yay luck! Great teaser, too!
2 out of 3 wasn't too bad. I didn't know that the 2nd one was singular. I should have gotten them all. I really liked it though.
If one reads the Bible, the original root of all evil is Greed.
Hey! Great teaser!
Missed the last one, but the others were easy. Enjoyed this teaser!
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